Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-08
INSURANCE OF LIFE.
The CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES INVOLVED N
SUCH ASSOCIATIONS

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point officers over the land, and take up
the tlIth part Of the land OF Egypt IN the
sven pIrutcous years '--Genesis Xii 81
These were the words OF Joseph, The
president Of the first life insurance COM
Pany that tn" world ever saw. Pharaoh
had dream that distracted him. He
thought he stood on the banks of the liver
Nile, and saw coming up out OF the river
seven fat, sleek, glossy COWS, and they be-
gan Ia browse in the thick grass. Moth
ing rlghtIul about that Bat after them,
coming out OF the SAME river, he saw seven
cows that were gaunt and starved. and the
worst looking cows that had ever been
seen IN Tie land, and IN the irrocity OF
hunger they dcyourcd their seven tat
predecessors. Pharaoh, the king sent lor
Joseph 10 deciphrr thrSr midnight hiyrn-
g!gpmcs. Joseph made short work of it,
and animated the seven lat cows that came
out OF the uyer are seven years with plenty
to cat, the seven emaCIatcd cows that fol-
lowed them are U,yen years with nothing
10 eat. 'Now, sl.d Joseph, "let lis take
One.iiith ct the corn crop %! the seven pros
porous years, aud kt,pIt Is a provision for
tha seven years ia which
THERE SHALL BE No CORN CROP
The king took the council and appoint
cd Joseph. because at mis- integrity and
publlr--plritcdnrss, as the president OF the
undertaking. The farmers paid ouc-hith
oi their Income Is a premium. In ali the
towns aud cities OF the land there We're
h-lnch houses. THIS great Egyptian lite
insurance colLpluy had millions Of dol
iarS Is assets. After awhile the dark days
cane aud the whole nation would have
starved II. it had not been for the proviS-
ion thrr had uade ior the future But
now these suffering families had nothing
20 d. hu, to ~ up and collect the amount
Of their lrv policies. The Bible puts in
one short phrase: "ln Hll the land o.
Egyot IA lr WAS bread | say this was
the first life insurance company. 1t was
DWiurIy organized. II had in It all the
advantages ui tGc "wholc life plan, of the
"uutinc pian, of the reserved endOw-
meut plan, aud all the other good plans
w are told that Rev. Dr. Anhltc, OF
Lincolnshire, England, organized the first
life insurance rumplGy ~ los. No, II is
- old rs the com cribs Of Egypt; and God
was the author and originator II that
were not So would not take your time
AMI mine in sabbath discussion OF this
subject ] feed 1t ISN theme vital, reIIg-
iruS, and oi infinite import, the morals ol
life and fire insurance.
About ten OF twelve years ago there WAS
u great panic IN life Insurance winch dld
gvoi Under thcsiorw the untrustworthy
m3 bogus institutions wcr" scattered.
while Ia" genuine were lrSird ana lrmly
established, ANA where doe the Iiic m
~urll'r institution stand to-day What
"i comfort "i rduci'loh'
on NpEAL AND SPIRITUAL ADVANTAGE l.
IN thr ,ipp,, statistic that in
tI,,s ,,,.,,n,ry n,n Ito ;nspr,ncc. cor,n,,ins
-, ,,,,. ,.n.,r ,.,,5 .ny.m Million dnIi,,s to
,5. Families Of thr harrit. and in five wear.
th., mid three hundred million dollars to
in. brpiIis. ol IN, h.r.tt. and are pron.
i.ir,, tn npy-aud hold themselves in rpaI-
g.
mess a n,[-two thou,and millions of dol
I,rs =, tho families or fine h.rrtt
They have actually p.id out more in
dividends and death claims than they have
ever received in premiums. I know Of
what ! speak. TIc lie insurance COM
r,ri., nf this r,urtry u,iI more than
seven millions of dollars Of taxes 10 the
Government in five years 50, instead OF
these companies being indebted 10 the
land he Hand is Indebted 10 them. To
cry ont against life insurance because here
and there one company has behaved badly
is a. absurd rs it would be for 4 man to
burn down thousand acres Of harvest
field in ordcr To kill the moIcs and potato
hugs as prepo~tcrous as man who
should blow NJ a crowded steamer IN mid
Atlantic for the purpose OF destroying the
hruadcF on the bottom OF the hulk.
Bnl what does the hlh!c say m regard
TO this subject II the hih!c iay"Is the M
stiiut!on, | Will favor n; II the Blhle tie
nomcrS II. ! will drnounce IT. IN addi-
tluH Ia the forecast at Joseph III the text,
! rall 10 your attention PauI : comparison.
Here is one man who, through neglect,
tal'- to support his family wml" h" lives,
"I after he dies. Here Is another man
who ahhors tn" Scriptures, a'd rejects
God. Which OF thoS" men Is the worse:
We'll You say, the latter PAui says the
form,". Paul says that man VINO neg
I.,,t.. q, .,tr4 'nT htg ltu.t.lnII II NHtTt til.